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	Peter Gibson (Chairman) Peter Gibson is Professor of Gastroenterology at Monash University and Director of Gastroenterology, Eastern Health, Victoria. He was formerly the Deputy Director of Gastroenterology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne. He has active clinical and research interests in inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome. He is Chairperson of IBD Australia and President of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia.
	Robert Anderson Robert Anderson is currently the Ian McKay Fellow in Medical Research and a consultant in the Departments of Clinical Immunology and Gastroenterology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is also the Lions Anti-cancer Council Fellow in the Autoimmunity and Transplantation Division of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Dr Anderson's primary activity is molecular and cellular immunology, and clinical research applied to coeliac disease.
	David Jones David Jones is Director of the Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation. He has an extensive background in marketing, fundraising, and business development. Following eight years with Shell Australia and a period in the computer industry, David has held positions of Marketing Manager with Guide Dogs Association Victoria, Fundraising Director with The National Heart Foundation and Executive Director of The Royal Women's Hospital Foundation.
	Don Cameron Associate Professor Don Cameron FRACP is a Paediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterologist who has been involved in the care of children with coeliac disease for 30 years. He is Head of the Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit at Monash Medical Centre, a Gastroenterologist at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, and in private practice. He has been an honorary adviser to the Coeliac Society of Australia since 1980 and has contributed to much of the Coeliac Society literature and other publications on coeliac disease. He is a member of the World Congress Working Group on Coeliac Disease, an international group which meets and reports to the World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition every four years. Don Cameron graduated from the University of Tasmania then trained in New Zealand, Melbourne, and overseas at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London, before returning to Melbourne.
	Sue Shepherd Sue Shepherd (B.App.Sci. (Health Promotion), M. Nut. & Diet.) is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian specialising in coeliac disease. She is recognised as one of Australia's leading dietitians in the field, and is currently undertaking her PhD research examining nutrition and health in people with coeliac disease.
	Anne Magnus Anne holds a Bachelor of Economics (Monash) and Education (La Trobe), together with a recently completed Post-Grad Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Melbourne). An interest in population health planning for the acute health sector took Anne into the Department of Human Services (Public Health Division) where she was part of the team of epidemiologists completing the Victorian Burden of Disease study, initially published in 1999, and revised in 2004, which measures the health status of populations in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). Anne was primarily responsible for extending the Victorian DALY health status estimates to the local government areas within Victoria. Recently Anne has been applying the health outcome measure, DALY in the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of health interventions in the areas of mental health improvement and obesity prevention, with a view to informing Commonwealth and State helath policy. Anne is interested in extending this cost-effectiveness analysis techniques to an evaluation of screening for coeliac disease, with the aim of drawing attention to the potential benefits of early disease detection.
	Graham Price Graham graduated as an industrial chemist in 1968 and over the last 10 years, because of a family member's diagnosis of celiac disease, has been involved with the Coeliac Society of Australia Inc (CSA) on a voluntary basis. Graham is now Technical Officer for the CSA and President of the Coeliac Society of NSW. He is a member of the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand External Advisory Group on Labelling Issues. Graham produces educational material for members of the Coeliac Society and gives advice to food manufacturers, members and dietitians on issues relating to ingredients, labeling etc.
	Chris Hogan Dr Chris Hogan has been a GP in Sunbury since 1979. He is a member of the Medical Coordinator Squad, State Emergency Response (Medical Displan) Department of Human Services (Vic) and the Chair of the Ministerial Asthma Expert Advisory Group (DHS Vic). He is a councilor for the Australian Resuscitation Council and the Anti Cancer Council (Vic) as well as a member of the Victorian Quality Assurance & Continuing Professional Development Committee. Chris is a past Chairman of the Victoria Faculty (1997-99) and past Director of the Victorian Research & Health Promotion Unit of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (1996-2002).
	Penny Dellsperger Penny Dellsperger (B.Sc. Nutrition (Hon) is an Accredited Practising Dietitian employed by The Coeliac Society of NSW Inc. Penny has coeliac disease herself. Her role at the Coeliac Society extends from patient consultation to education of dietitians in the field of coeliac disease. Penny represents The Coeliac Society on the Allergen Forum’s Labelling Working Group, an initiative of the Australian Food & Grocery Council.

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